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Tuesday, September 1, 2009

Remember when September call ups were exciting?

There was a time, back when Toronto had something akin to a Major League Baseball franchise, that September call ups were fun.

You'd hear about the next generation of Jays who were chomping at the bit to get some playing time down the stretch, and then in the waning days of another frustrating season, you'd catch a glimps of Shawn Green, Shannon Stewart, Kevin Witt, Josh Phelps, Vernon Wells, Mauro Gozzo or whoever. These were the guys who may have been something somewhere down the road, and there was a sense of anticipation in seeing them get a few PA's or IP's in the last few weeks of the season.

No Arencibia, or Dopirak, Fabio Castro or Kyle Philllips. And certainly no Jeremy Accardo, apparently because this team would prefer to not make use of the assets at its disposal.

Maybe the Jays will add one of the aforementioned players after the Triple-A season concludes, or maybe they'll give us the chance to see some of the other driftwood that has been amassed on their 40-man roster (Bill Murphy, anyone?)

But Jumpin' Jesus on a pogo stick...Doesn't anybody within this organization give a shit about this team? Doesn't anybody have half a notion about doing something to help stoke the rapidly cooling embers of the fanbase's enthusiasm for this team? Are we supposed to be thrilled by the fact that J.P. "likes our team" and the assemblage of rag-tag minor leaguers parading as an active roster?

22 comments:

....and some people were saying I jumped the gun on the weekend. Not that I'm proud of being right. Fucking brutal.

Seriously.....if you aren't going to recall any actual prospects, you should at least be making the statement that you want to put out the best team to help you win games. The callups - so far - accomplish neither.

stoendog is right, "Dick move, JP. Dick move. It's bad enough the team doesn't much look like it's trying any more, but for the front office to clearly indicate that they're also packing it in?"

I'm getting pretty close to my wit's end with the moves the team is making. I still remember Cito using the line "we want to have a look at another player" when they last demoted Accardo.....and then recalled Casey Janssen, who's spent parts of what, the last 3 seasons with the team? Just fuck off and tell us what Accardo did already. Hit on JP's wife? Punched Arnsberg in the face? What??

This all speaks to the bigger picture, though, doesn't it? Nobody knows what the fuck is going on, and management isn't giving the impression that they do either.

They need Inglett to be the designated pinch runner now that Johnny Mac's playing 3rd everyday.

"There's really no rhyme or reason to some of the decisions that are made, and that's out of your hands as a player," Accardo said Saturday before the 51s' x-x win/loss over/to Reno at Cashman Field. "All you can do is pitch, and pretty much this whole year I've thrown well. I feel better than I ever have, and my stuff is as good as it's ever been."

We don't know why Accardo is being shafted. We likely never will. I'm of the belief that there is indeed a reason. Hopefully we'll find out. And hopefully it's better than "the player doesn't like baseball."

eyeb: You took the words right out of my mouth. I fully anticipate that we'll hear how we don't really know what goes on and what the Jays reasons were, but that Accorn doesn't like baseball and has a bad attitude...blah blah blah.

I could give a shit, honestly. I don't want a roster full of nice guys. I want a roster full of son'bitches who can play.

Here are some vomit-inducing reasons for not calling up anyone worthwhile:

- We are trying to lose as many games as possible to get a higher pick in the 2010 draft- Bringing guys up requires paying them major league paychecks for a few weeks... ugh! That could maybe add up to a few hundred grand for all these guys. (You know, similar magnitudes of cash that kept us from signing our picks)- We are trying to lose as many games as possible to get a higher pick in the 2010 draft (to ensure our pick is protected when we go out and sign lots of type-A free agents this offseason)- We hate you

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